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what is the command to see system log in jaunty

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temp of pc rising too much so how do i see the system log to understand what's going on

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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) said : 		#1

Go to System -> Administration -> System Monitor.

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Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : 		#2

In most cases you will not find any hint on your problem in the system logs.
But there are other things that may help:
"cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/temperature" will print out the measured temperatures in your system.
"top" will show you processes that are causing high CPU load.

In most cases high system temperature is a sign of hardware problems. A fan may be broken or the airstream could be blocked. You should check this first and also the fan settings in your BIOS is available.

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zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#3

If you want to see system log then in terminal

cat /var/log/syslog

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